Literary References and Further Reading
In her article from April 25, 2016, "What to read after watching Beyoncé's Lemonade," Nichole Perkins writes about connections she's made to Beyoncé's lyrics and suggested further reading, some of which is listed below. Books are available at the WSA Library, Kitsap Regional Library, or through inter-library loan.
A Voice from the South by 
The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart by 
Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime by 
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf by 
Their Eyes Were Watching God by 
Beloved by 
Mama Day by 
Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo by 
I, Tituba by 
The Salt Eaters by 
Tell My Horse by Voodoo Dreams by 
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by 
Wounded in the House of a Friend by 
Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan by 
The Body's Question by Books on the Yoruba People
The Yoruba People are an ethnic group of Southwestern and North central Nigeria and Southern and Central Benin in West Africa. Beyoncé used images of Yoruba in Lemonade, such as Oshun and Ori.(1) See also: Art and Culture References. Books are available at Kitsap Regional Library or through inter-library loan.
(1) Perkins, N. (2016, April 25). What to read after watching Beyoncé's Lemonade. Fusion.
Yoruba Proverbs by 
Women in the Yoruba Religious Sphere by 
The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World by 
The Osha : secrets of the Yoruba-Lucumi-Santeria religion in the United States and the Americas : initiation, rituals, ceremonies, orishas, divination, plants, sacrifices, cleansings, songs by Other Suggestions:
Oshun's Daughters: the search for womanhood in the Americas by 
Kindred by Article on Octavia Butler's influence:
Prince, Cecil Taylor, and Beyoncé's Shape-Shifting Black Body by Hilton Als. The New Yorker, April 26, 2016.
From the article:
Butler is the dominant artistic force in the movie version of “Lemonade.” Shot by various young filmmakers, ranging from Kahlil Joseph to Melina Matsoukas, the movie is accompanied by lyrics that chronicle the anxiety of infidelity and resolution—no love, let alone any coupling, is perfect—but it’s the black female body, Butler’s great subject, that struggles against and sometimes breaks free of Beyoncé’s pop perfection.
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